1000 dollars to rebuild/improve. what to get?

[skr33t_rac3r]

ur dad is just giving u a grand and painting ur car, wow wut a nice parent u lucky bastard j/p

[silver03p5]

he is either doin that or gonna give me 2k for a new car...and why would i want to get rid of a perfectly good car?

[skr33t_rac3r]

yeah well i dont think my dad has ever givin me more then 10 bux or so and he hasnt paid for anything on my car ever. thats why i think ur lucky

[Tweeaks]

In one of my other posts in this forum I posted an Engine Re-ring kit...comes w/ rings, all gaskets and bearings for only $220. That would leave you plenty to get a valve job, and p&p. Are you going to be doing the labor, or are you letting someone else do it? It'll run about $300 just to get your block re-assembled so think about it..

This is what I plan on doing in about a month or so. That and when I pull apart the head find out what the **** the creaking noise is that is coming from it.

[midnightblue97]

Get the Re-ring kit, new bearings on the bottom end, buy the head for like 50 bones, get that **** rebuiltand ATLEAST get some solid lifters, if not both them and the Miata cams.

[bruce95fmla]

I would say get a good stand alone system ..

then practice tuning at the track. Get to know everything about tuning and then go and get your head ported and polished with a 5 angle.
Then go back to tuning and tune some more.
do a dyno and post it on the board for everyone to envy.

[THEGOLDPRO]

get a new hood to start, lol and fix everything thats wrong with the car, ie: belts, hoses, CLUTCH!!! and so on.

[Tweeaks]

Would you even see bigger gains with a five angle? Wouldn't it be alot more wiser to spend the money elsewhere? I'm not sure that is why I am asking. I heard that there isn't a big increase between two angle and three angle though. Wouldnt a 5 angle job cost almost a grand?

I like the stand-alone idea though.

[Kevin]

No, Samir, you're missing the point. The idea is you figure out what you'd like to do if you had a million dollars...

what makes you think my name is samir?

[silver03p5]

i am just gonna rebuild it. stand alone does not change the fact that its falling apart.

[skr33t_rac3r]

good point, ive done this twice on my motor it can be done in like 2 days with the right tools and some help, but when i did mine i had a friend come and p&p and bore the tb for me it cost 75 bux so it helped too.

[Tweeaks]

yeah a re-build is a good idea....OR you could get a GTX w/ ECU....Then figure out the wiring your self. I just got qouted $800 for a GTX motor, but it didnt have an ECU. That was SHIPPED!! But this guy has bought both of his SR20DETs from this guy and quite a few J-spec motors. Oh yeah and the Cyclone motor I just ordered for one of my DSMs..should be here friday or monday yAy. Gonna slap that bia bia in then sell the damn car.

[silver03p5]

but if i get a gtx w/ecu i have to get piping, gaskets, fluids, welding, all kindsa **** done. more than 1k of stuff to do there

[Tweeaks]

thats true, but whil you are running around in your "needin' a rebuild" motor you can be working towards the rest of that stuff. It shouldn't be more than another $500 for the rest...oh yeah and an i/c...another $100 for a decent used one. The dodge cummins i/c is a decent sized one which can be had for $200 at the dealer, or so i've heard.

[silver03p5]

eh...i really dont want the decreased reliability that comes with boosting. i drive 1000 + miles a week...